Chris Gonsalves

Its welcome news that the State Department is now rethinking its ill-advised effort to embed RFID tags in U.S. passports, but by all indications, the government isnt backing off the idea completely and is looking instead for ways to soothe the concerns of security experts and civil libertarians. There is, however, only one right way […]

In the grand scheme of terrorism, which is more terrifying? Not knowing what the bad guys are reading or knowing for certain theyre reading your credit card statement? In a dichotomy that would be ironic anywhere on Earth except Washington, your legislators are busily deciding whether the thorniest information disclosure provisions of the USA Patriot […]

Computer Associates last week named Novells former chief technology officer, Alan Nugent, as senior vice president and general manager in charge of CAs Unicenter unit. Nugent will report to Executive Vice President of Products Russ Artzt, who called the Unicenter group “a keystone of CAs systems management capabilities and an important driver of future revenue […]

SAN FRANCISCO—As the field vying for leadership in enterprise security software narrows, key players are putting their best efforts behind broad packages of tools and services. But while vendors practice one-upmanship in the effort to be all things to all customers, many users remain cautiously wed to smaller point providers, leaving room for both growth […]

After months of uncertainty sparked by corporate scandal, Computer Associates International Inc. earlier this month embarked on a new era, naming CEO-elect John Swainson to his official post as president and chief executive. A veteran of IBMs software division, Swainson said he comes prepared to restore credibility and accountability at CA by paring offerings to […]

Dell last week opened its third Enterprise Command Center, bringing the vendors around-the-clock support for server and storage customers to Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The center, in Limerick, Ireland, joins similar ECCs in the United States and China. Dell officials said the centers improve the response times of the companys services unit by […]

Computer Associates International Inc. officials were duped by their own lawyer into releasing former executives from financial liability in the wake of massive fraud, according to an outspoken investor who now wants the Islandia, N.Y., software makers help in overturning a 2003 settlement. In a letter dated Oct. 15, Sam Wyly, the head of Dallas-based […]

Not satisfied that stiff fines, executive indictments and a deal with the government to settle fraud charges have cured what ails Computer Associates International Inc., a group of critical investors continues to pressure the company for restitution and answers. Officials of major CA stockholder Ranger Governance Ltd., led by Texas billionaire Sam Wyly, want to […]

In an effort to increase its control over the Symbian OS, Nokia last week acquired a collection of application development tools from Metrowerks. The deal transfers all the development and support resources of Metrowerks portfolio of tools for Symbian OS to Nokia. In addition, Metrowerks will license several technologies, including a debugger, compiler and its […]

D-Link Systems this week is unveiling a business-class 802.11g access point that boasts new management and security features as well as POE for spots far from electrical outlets. The D-Link AirPremier Access Point DWL-2200AP complies with 802.1x user-based authentication and supports WPA, AES encryption and the upcoming 802.11i security standard, said officials. The DWL-2200AP supports […]